Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Kevin and Alexis are back with a behind-the-scenes look at the podcast with guest Melina Bertholf, who joined the team a while back to help manage content. (And yes, sharp-eyed readers will notice a family name shared by Alexis and Melina). After interviewing many guests about their tech journeys, our hosts share their own personal stories about how they got into tech. Melina keeps them honest, and brings her own perspective as a non-tech person diving head-first into this environment.
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Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA) is a cloud-native infrastructure automation platform built on Kubernetes for data center networks. Transform your data center operations with intent-based networking, real-time observability, multi-vendor support and integrated GenAI and agentic AI capabilities. The new Ask EDA is your 24/7 AIOps assistant that doesn’t just understand what you ask, it understands your network, predicts issues before they hit production, gets clear explanations for problems, applies fixes and validates them—all without endless documentation searches or late-night calls to senior engineers. From troubleshooting errors to monitoring network health, Ask EDA is your digital twin and smartest network engineer assistant—always on, always ready. Learn more about Ask EDA at nokia.ly/EDA and try EDA for free at docs.eda.dev
Links:
Melina Bertholf on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/melina-bertholf
Life In Uptime is a part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
Kevin and Alexis are back with a behind-the-scenes look at the podcast with guest Melina Bertholf, who joined the team a while back to help manage content. (And yes, sharp-eyed readers will notice a family name shared by Alexis and Melina). After interviewing many guests about their tech journeys, our hosts share their own personal stories about how they got into tech. Melina keeps them honest, and brings her own perspective as a non-tech person diving head-first into this environment.
AdSpot Sponsor: Nokia
Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA) is a cloud-native infrastructure automation platform built on Kubernetes for data center networks. Transform your data center operations with intent-based networking, real-time observability, multi-vendor support and integrated GenAI and agentic AI capabilities. The new Ask EDA is your 24/7 AIOps assistant that doesn’t just understand what you ask, it understands your network, predicts issues before they hit production, gets clear explanations for problems, applies fixes and validates them—all without endless documentation searches or late-night calls to senior engineers. From troubleshooting errors to monitoring network health, Ask EDA is your digital twin and smartest network engineer assistant—always on, always ready. Learn more about Ask EDA at nokia.ly/EDA and try EDA for free at docs.eda.dev
Links:
Melina Bertholf on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/melina-bertholf
Life In Uptime is a part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
